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Freedom and Resistance

- A Social History of Black Loyalists in the Bahamas

About Freedom and Resistance

After the American Revolution, enslaved and free blacks who had been loyal to the British cause arrived in the Bahamas, drawn by British promises of liberty and land. Freedom and Resistance shows how black loyalists struggled to find freedom, clashing with white loyalists who tried either to bind them to illegal indentured contracts or to enslave them.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780813054476
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 256
  • Published:
  • April 29, 2017
  • Dimensions:
  • 237x161x25 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 548 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 11, 2024

Description of Freedom and Resistance

After the American Revolution, enslaved and free blacks who had been loyal to the British cause arrived in the Bahamas, drawn by British promises of liberty and land. Freedom and Resistance shows how black loyalists struggled to find freedom, clashing with white loyalists who tried either to bind them to illegal indentured contracts or to enslave them.

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